Using Sample Packs

[Okeus]

I feel like as long as you don't just drag'n'drop whole sections of it into your track it's okay. I use them mostly for the drums and vocals, but I've got some buddies who treat their packs like a Build a Track workshop or some shiz, Idk I feel like there's a lot of controversy over sample packs, but I'm noticing even skrill still uses come vengeance samples now and then. Thoughts?

[GNova]

If you don't have record stuff to make your own drum sound, you have to use mostly drum samples. Sound design, especially bass sound, are the signature of the producer and the testimony of his skill, so you will not find a lot of dude using sample to build track at a certain level It can be some sound sometimes, but even if the Barely Alive is now a vengeance sample kind, "you want to be a dubstep legend ? Open massive and get your finger out of your ass" ^^

[Okeus]

Hahaha I use lots of my own design don't worry. I'm just saying, I think it's okay to use synth / bass samples / one shots. As long as you do more post processing than adding reverb haha

[_Agu_]

I'm noticing even skrill still uses come vengeance samples now and then.

"We found quite a few videos online with people trying to emulate your drum sounds and figure out your production process. Is there anything you'd like to tell them now to make the job a little easier?"

Well, I don't want to be mysterious about it or anything. Of course I'm not giving away anything either—part of the fun of being a producer is having your own sound. But for me, the drums are simple. It's all about the three pieces that make a really nice drum sound. You need a nice transient in the beginning, and then the note around the 200-hertz frequency that gives it that boof, and then a tail, which can be anything. I usually start with a 909 and compress it to get the harmonics of that 200-hertz note, and then take maybe one or two really good-sounding locked drum samples that don't conflict with any of the harmonics in the 909. You want to tune it at about 200, and shelve off a lot of that stuff above 200, and then you have this live-sounding hybrid 909. Then you take a clap or a china [sound] and shelve it off super high, and add some reverb to it and then print it as one. Balance it while you print it, and then you re-compress it from there and you have a snare drum.

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[Okeus]

I was referencing to some of the vocals he processes. It's not like he's doing what my friends are doing, but he's still looked into the packs themselves. And like just the other day my homie realized that the track Tony by LOUDPVCK had a huge unprocessesed sample in it. Basically the whole drop is just a sample from the beatport packs chart. It's just something I've been noticing lately.

With all that being said, obviously I know it's not as rewarding as designing your own sounds. I just wanted to see what this community in specific had to say about sample packs.

[_Agu_]

I was referencing to some of the vocals he processes.

He does most of his vocals himself and processes/edits them. Beatport top 100 electro house stuff on the other hand....

[Okeus]

Aight aight maybe skrill wasn't the best example, you get that one haha. But seriously I think taking a bass loop, chopping it up and transposing parts of it, as well as filters and effects, is okay. I used to think that everything should be 100% from scratch, but I'm not really seeing things that way these days.

[Labco]

Just like to pop in and say skrill was a great example

He used tons of vengeance and prime loops sample packs

[Banesy]

Rude boy bass, mush up the place. Do what you need to do...anyone listening who isn't a producer will never know where the sounds come from. I personally like to make as much as I can...that is where I get my fun producing. If you have fun using sample packs...do it. Your peers, aka other producers won't think too highly of you but whatever. Just have fun.

[Okeus]

I mean, it's not like I'll make an entire composition entirely out of a sample pack lol. But thanks for your input!